Beyond that, Mr. Netanyahu, who has consistently resisted attempts by the Obama administration to extend a settlement freeze to aid peace talks with the Palestinians, is not exactly in good favor with the Obama administration right now.
But it was Ross - a senior director for Middle East policy on the White House staff - who primarily worked with Molho and Barak on a package of incentives that the Obama administration is offering Netanyahu to extend a settlement moratorium by 60 days to keep nascent peace talks with the Palestinians on track.
It became easy for Netanyahu to announce, in 2010, for example, that he was willing to extend an Israeli settlement freeze in the West Bank if Abbas was first willing to recognize Israel as a Jewish state.
Ross describes a situation, in 2010, when Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority, refused to negotiate with Netanyahu unless he agreed to extend a moratorium on settlement construction, and the Obama Administration tried and failed to broker a compromise.
Obama had one of his worst moments last September when he brought the Israeli and Palestinian leaders to the White House to announce renewed talks, only for them to unravel as Israel refused to extend a moratorium on settlement expansion.
WASHINGTON — In a marathon day of meetings in New York on Thursday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton worked to salvage peace negotiations that stalled last month over Israel's refusal to extend a freeze on settlement construction in the West Bank.
A10 New Church Settlement Plan The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston extended a financial settlement proposal to a second wave of victims of sexual abuse by clergy members, offering far smaller monetary awards than the first settlement in 2003 and setting a rigorous burden of proof for accusers.
The Americans and Palestinians want the Israelis to extend a freeze on settlement-building that expires at the end of this month.
SPORTSSATURDAY, PAGE D1 New Church Plan Over Abuse The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston extended a financial settlement proposal to a second wave of victims of sexual abuse, offering smaller monetary awards and establishing a more rigorous burden of proof for accusers.
Most recently, in September, Israeli officials tried to float a deal in which they would extend a temporary moratorium on settlement construction in the West Bank, a Palestinian condition for negotiations, in exchange for the release of Mr. Pollard.
Negotiations broke down last September over Mr Netanyahu's refusal to extend a moratorium on new settlements in the occupied West Bank.
